I’m old and crazy, but I still give a damn. And I still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam.
WAYLON JENNINGSNow, I was on drugs, and that didn’t help a whole lot. He hated that.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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I might be an endangered species.
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He gave us all a mind to think with and to know what’s right or wrong, he is that inner spirit that keeps us strong.
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One thing is that I wasn’t getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who sold.
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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don’t want that no more.
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Men commit murder and all sorts of mayhem, in a few years they’re back on the streets.
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If you see me getting smaller, I’m leaving, don’t be grieving, just gotta get away from here. If you see me getting smaller, don’t worry, and no hurry, I’ve got the right to disappear.
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And you’d sure better not be doing it because it’s a way to make a living, ’cause that ain’t always going to be easy. You got to believe it, believe in the music. You got to mean it.
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What I did. I’ve listened to it, and I think it was more a west coast rock thing, you know? But it fit. It was country, but it was my own interpretation of country.
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Mainly what I learned from Buddy… was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn’t have any barriers to it.
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That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.
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I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He’s the biggest. He’s like an Elvis in this business, but no, he’s never been the rebel.
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This is getting funny, but there ain’t nobody laughing.
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I’ve always felt that blues, rock ‘n’ roll and country are just about a beat apart.
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We got a lot of politicians up there on Capital Hill. Ain’t it funny how they prosper while the country stands still?
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